Friday, March 29, 2013

Google Begins Public Test of Same-Day Delivery Service - Digits - WSJ

But will the service employ self-driving cars?...

"On Thursday Google, which began work on the initiative in 2011, announced a casting call for people who can sign up to test its Google Shopping Express service, which it said is available to a small number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Google said it able to deliver goods to those testers from retailers including Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle and Toys “R” Us, along with “locally distinct” retailers such as San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee."